Novatel’s MiFi 4082 is the WiMAX-capable hotspot the Overdrive has been dreading
Sprint's Overdrive from Sierra Wireless has been handling the WiMAX mobile hotspot duties on Sprint for most of this year, but it's been walking that road alone. Novatel, which took the mobile hotspot concept mainstream with its venerable MiFi line -- has been absent from the 4G race so far...
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: concept, entry, hotspot, mainstream, mifi4082, sierra-wireless, walking, wimax, wireless
Clear iSpot gets easy web-based ‘jailbreak’
For hackers, Clear must have known that its iSpot mobile hotspot would be hard to resist -- $100 for the device contract-free plus unlimited WiMAX for $25 a month is a pretty insane deal, after all, and the only catch is that they try to lock non-iOS devices out of the action. Indeed, it took mere hours for unlocks to start coming out of the woodwork, but now it's easier than ever: the developer of one of the original iSpot hacks has circled back to create a new unlock that requires nothing more than a couple link clicks while you're on a machine connected to the hotspot.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, arbitrary, caution, clear, entry, hacks, hotspot, ispot, jailbreak, result, sorts, unlock, wimax, woodwork
Samsung’s SCH-LC11 CDMA / LTE mobile hotspot gets FCC approval, probably Verizon bound
We've heard rumors that Novatel is working on an LTE -enabled version of its MiFi for Verizon, likely for launch early next year -- but you've got to figure that a few other manufacturers would like a slice of that sweet, juicy 4G pie, right?
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: approval, device-right, fcc, hotspot, lte, novatel, Relationship, verizon, verizonwireless
Federal Wi-Net bill proposes a femtocell and WiFi hotspot in every federal building
Here's one way to fix the spectrum crunch : set up wireless base stations and WiFi hotspots in every single one of the 9,000 buildings currently owned and operated by the US General Services Administration.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: access, accessibility, act, engadget, entry, federal, femtocell, hardly-require, hotspot, made-mandatory, proposal, spectrum-crunch, stations, usa
LG Vortex puts a Verizon spin on budget Android — yes, Bing’s there, too
It's not exactly the Optimus T / S we saw hit T-Mobile and Sprint, respectively, but for all intents and purposes, it's a fraternal twin. The LG Vortex for Verizon brings with it Android 2.2, a 3.2-inch touchscreen, 3G Mobile HotSpot capability, Skype, Swype, a suite of pre-installed carrier / manufacturer apps (e.g. VZ Navigator), and as you might've guessed from it being a non-Droid Verizon Android phone, Bing Search and Bing Maps.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bing, engadget, from-it-being, hotspot, later-arrival, lg optimus, lgoptimus, lgvotex, mobile, most-expensive, skype, sprint, verizon, vzw
T-Mobile offering unlimited tethering ‘this holiday season’ as $15 add-on
This one comes as no surprise , but T-Mobile has announced today that the availability of tethering and WiFi hotspot capabilities for "select smartphones" in its lineup in time for the holidays -- and as is often the case with Big Magenta, they're offering the service at a much more aggressive price point than its larger competitors: $14.99 a month on top of your $30 unlimited data plan buys you unlimited tethering on T-Mobile's glorious HSPA+ network (and in its non-HSPA+ areas as well, of course). We still don't know whether this'll start to roll out on November 3rd as was rumored, but that'd be a nice way to get into the holiday spirit, wouldn't it?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: availability, holidays, hotspot, mobilehotspot, often-the-case, result, smartphone, smartphones
Sprint CEO thanks iPad for uptick in Overdrive demand
Well, wouldn't you know it? Seems that tongue-in-cheek marketing campaign may actually be working
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: Carrier, ceo, danhesse, hotspot, ipad, mifi, mobile, overdrive, result, wifi, wimax, wwan
T-Mobile won’t confirm the G2 OTA update, says it’s working to deliver WiFi calling and tethering ‘in the future’
We're still not sure what's up with the few reports of G2s receiving OTA updates that add WiFi calling and native hotspot support, but T-Mobile isn't fessing up to them just yet. In a statement issued to Phone Scoop , T-Mobile said that these features "are not currently supported" on the handset, although T-Mobile thankfully added that it "knows these features are important to consumers and we're working to deliver them to G2 users in the future." It's hard to tell if that means an update is just minutes away from widespread distribution, or if we've still got weeks or months to wait for these features. Familiar story ?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: consumers, handset, hotspot, internet tethering, mobilehotspot, native-hotspot, Ota, otaupdate, weeks-or-months, wifi calling
Motorola Droid X getting Android 2.2 update starting tomorrow
Motorola's teasing that it's "still on track for a summer launch of Android 2.2 for Droid X ," and considering that tomorrow is the last day of summer (sadly), that lines up nicely with new information on Droid Life today that Moto's beast for Verizon will get blessed with the update starting tomorrow at noon Eastern Time. Verizon's actually already posted the update document, and it's a doozy: besides 2.2, you get improves visual voicemail with Bluetooth support, a refreshed mobile hotspot app, and a fix to prevent data connections from dropping as you move between WiFi and 3G coverage. Looks like you'll be able to grab this of your own accord rather than having to wait for Verizon to bless you with the OTA, so gear up and enjoy one last evening with your Eclair-based Droid X
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: accord, hotspot, launch, mobile, moto, motorola, motorola-droid, still-on-track, time, update, upgrade, verizon
Verizon Fivespot mobile hotspot launch materials hitting stores
Well well, what's this? We haven't heard much about the Verizon Fivespot global mobile hotspot since we saw it hit the FCC after first leaking out in July , but it certainly seems like it's about to get official -- we just got this shot of Verizon's "launch kit" for retail outlets.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: actually-hit, get-official, global-mobile, hotspot, outlets, result, shot, verizon, verizon-fivespot, verizon-wireless, verizonwireless